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enAww, David Shuster Laments That Rupert Murdoch Came Across as 'Likable Character'http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jack-coleman/2011/07/22/aww-david-shuster-laments-rupert-murdoch-came-across-likable
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It irritates liberals to no end when conservatives they revile don't comply with the caricatures they've created for them.</p>
<p> Former MSNBCer David Shuster, for example, subbing for radio host Bill Press on Wednesday, had this to say about News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch's testimony before Parliament <strong>(audio clip after page break)</strong> --</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:25:23 +0000Jack Coleman45533 at http://www.newsbusters.orgCBS Team Amused by Pie Attack on Rupert Murdoch, ‘Getting a Taste of Humble Pie’http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2011/07/20/cbs-team-amused-pie-attack-rupert-murdoch-getting-taste-humble-pie
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Tuesday’s CBS Evening News poked fun at 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch being nearly hit by a pie as the show led with the News Corp founder’s appearance in front of the British parliament to discuss the News of the World phone hacking scandal. During the opening teaser, after playing a clip of Murdoch exclaiming that "This is the most humble day of my life," Schieffer made a quip about "humble pie." Schieffer: "Elizabeth Palmer and Anthony Mason on the News Corp chief getting a taste of humble pie."</p>
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After Schieffer opened the show recounting the Murdoch story and introduced correspondents Elizabeth Palmer and Anthony Mason, Mason could be seen with a big grin, presumably in response to the CBS anchor’s opening. Schieffer summed up the day’s events:</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:14:18 +0000Brad Wilmouth45474 at http://www.newsbusters.orgABC's Kofman: Rupert Murdoch ‘Infamous for his Ruthlessness and His Arrogance’http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2011/07/20/abcs-kofman-rupert-murdoch-infamous-his-ruthlessness-and-his
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On Tuesday’s World News on ABC, correspondent Jeffrey Kofman asserted that News Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch was a "man infamous for his ruthlessness and his arrogance" as he filed a report on Murdoch’s testimony in front of the British parliament.</p>
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Kofman also seemed to mock the News Corp founder as he remarked that "he's the boss, but the buck does not stop with him, and he is not planning to step aside."</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:26:59 +0000Brad Wilmouth45481 at http://www.newsbusters.orgRupert Murdoch Reminds ABC’s Kofman of Ebenezer Scrooge Instead of Shakespearean Tragedyhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2011/07/16/rupert-murdoch-reminds-abcs-kofman-ebenezer-scrooge-instead
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On Saturday’s Good Morning America on ABC, after anchor Dan Harris recounted that News Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch met and apologized to the family of the 13-year-old murder victim whose phone messages were hacked by a News of the World reporter, correspondent Jeffrey Kofman commented that Murdoch reminded him of Ebenezer Scrooge approaching Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, rather than a character from a Shakespearean tragedy. Kofman:</p>
</div></div></div>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:37:43 +0000Brad Wilmouth45405 at http://www.newsbusters.orgMartin Bashir on NBC's 'Today': Rupert Murdoch 'A Combination of Jack Abramoff and James "Whitey" Bulger' http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2011/07/14/martin-bashir-nbcs-today-rupert-murdoch-combination-jack-abramoff
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Appearing on Thursday's NBC Today, MSNBC host Martin Bashir shared his thoughts on the tabloid phone hacking scandal in Britain and proclaimed that News Corporation owner <strong>Rupert Murdoch was "...a combination of Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist, and someone like James 'Whitey' Bulger, the mobster."</strong> [<a href="/sites/default/files/2011-07-14-NBC-TDAY-Bashir.mp3"><strong>Audio available here</strong></a>]</p>
<p> Despite Bashir's outrageous comparison – Abramoff was convicted on corruption charges and Bulger is accused of 19 murders during his time as the head of the Irish mob in Boston – co-host Matt Lauer offered no objection to the claim.</p>
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</div></div></div>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:48:54 +0000Kyle Drennen45363 at http://www.newsbusters.orgNBC: 'About Time' Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. Suffer 'Damage' http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kyle-drennen/2011/07/13/nbc-about-time-rupert-murdoch-and-news-corp-suffer-damage
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On Wednesday's NBC Today, correspondent Stephanie Gosk reported the latest details on the phone hacking scandal in Britain involving a Rupert Murdoch owned tabloid and declared: <strong>"Damage to the company [News Corporation] may have already been done. And some say it is about time."</strong></p>
<p> Gosk noted that included, "actor Hugh Grant, who in recent months has led his own campaign against the tabloids." A sound bite was played of Grant: "we're talking about pretty nasty people." Gosk went on to speculate that the scandal may spread and put <strong>"pressure on Rupert Murdoch's worldwide media empire," </strong>which of course includes Fox News. She also argued that in Britain, Murdoch's "political support...has all but disappeared."</p>
</div></div></div>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:49 +0000Kyle Drennen45340 at http://www.newsbusters.orgFox News Popular in Saudi Arabia, Liberal Journalists Baffledhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lachlan-markay/2010/12/09/fox-news-popular-saudi-arabia-liberal-journalists-baffled
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A diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that American television programming is <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2010/12/08/surprise-surprise-private-sector-media-better-bulwark-against-islamic-">making strides in the war of ideas</a> against Islamic radicalism that far outpace any American government-backed programming in the Arab world.</p>
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A favorite among Saudis, according to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cables-letterman-housewives-saudi">UK Guardian</a>, is a TV channel called Rotana, which is partially owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. And yes, Rotana does broadcast the Fox News Channel.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:38:05 +0000Lachlan Markay40701 at http://www.newsbusters.orgBy MSNBC Standards, GE's $16 Billion in Bailout Loans Compromises NBC News Coveragehttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lachlan-markay/2010/12/02/msnbc-standards-ges-16-billion-bailout-loans-compromises-nbc-news
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Do a media company's political activities affect the way its subsidiaries report the news? The folks at MSNBC sure think so. That channel's hosts have insisted ad nauseum that Fox News parent company News Corporation's political actives compromise the ability of Fox to report the news fairly and accurately.</p>
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But MSNBC has, <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/11/16/undisclosed-nbc-conflict-interest-again-arises-annual-green-week">as I have noted before</a>, shilled for policies that would enrich its parent company, General Electric, under the guise of "environmental awareness." Today the Washington Post exposed yet another such conflict, reporting that GE took $16 billion in loans from the Federal Reserve during 2008 and 2009.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:34:04 +0000Lachlan Markay40561 at http://www.newsbusters.orgSoros Donates $1.8 Million to NPR, Juan Williams Fired Days Laterhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lachlan-markay/2010/10/28/soros-donates-18-million-npr-juan-williams-fired-days-later
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"Follow the money," the left insisted when News Corporation donated $1 million to the Republican Governor's Association. The implication was that since News Corp. gave lots of money to Republicans (nearly 10 times as much as it did to Democrats), Fox News coverage that casted the GOP in a positive light could fairly be seen as a direct result of that contribution.</p>
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By the standard much of the left advanced, National Public Radio's firing of Juan Williams can fairly be presented as a direct result of liberal billionaire George Soros's $1.8 million contribution to NPR two days before Williams's firing.</p>
</div></div></div>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:37:00 +0000Lachlan Markay39794 at http://www.newsbusters.orgHypocritical Liberals Beg Murdoch to Force Amnesty Views on Fox Newshttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lachlan-markay/2010/10/01/hypocritical-liberals-beg-murdoch-force-amnesty-views-fox-news
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When news broke in August that News Corporation, the media conglomerate owned by Rupert Murdoch, had donated a million dollars to the Republican Governors Association, liberals howled that Murdoch's personal political views - reflected in that donation - compromised the neutrality of News Corp's subsidiaries. The same arguments are being offered today, as news emerges that Murdoch's company gave another million to the Chamber of Commerce.</p>
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But Murdoch testified before a congressional subcommittee on Thursday in support of amnesty for illegal immigrants. Almost immediately, the left began asking why Murdoch had not incorporated his own views on the issue into Fox News's programming.</p>
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So now that liberals may have some common ground with Murdoch on the immigration issue, they are pleading for him to do exactly what they criticized when it benefitted Republicans: inject his own personal political views into reporting by News Corp. outlets.</p>
</div></div></div>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:10:33 +0000Lachlan Markay43764 at http://www.newsbusters.orgMurdoch: Regulators, Freeloaders Obstacles to Media Futurehttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/lachlan-markay/2009/12/01/murdoch-regulators-freeloaders-obstacles-media-future
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="//cdn.mrc.org/Newsbusters/static/2009/12/rupert-murdoch.jpg" width="240" height="180" align="right" />Rupert Murdoch sees a future in journalism. With newspaper circulation at post-war lows and major dailies shutting down in a number of cities, he may be one of the few optimists left. But first, Murdoch claims, the American government must change its obsolete and destructive regulatory policies that, he says, are preventing major news outlets from competing.</p>
<p>"Good journalism is an expensive commodity," Murdoch told an audience at a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574569661532881656.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories">Federal Trade Commission workshop</a> on the future of journalism today. "Critics say people won’t pay, but I say they will. But only if you give them something good." Murdoch has announced plans to institute paywalls for all online content offered by his giant news conglomerate, News Corp.</p>
<p>Though Murdoch is confident that paywalls would more than make up for revenue lost by shortfalls in advertising dollars, other newspapers' experiences with the system have failed to do so. The New York Times in 2005 began charging for many of its columns, but eliminated the paywall after revenues failed to outweigh advertising dollars. Still, there are a number of unexplored options for online news payment schemes, and Murdoch is no rookie in the news business.</p>
</div></div></div>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:35:26 +0000Lachlan Markay34194 at http://www.newsbusters.orgPBS Ombudsman Raps Anti-Palin Wisecrackhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-bates/2008/09/19/pbs-ombudsman-raps-anti-palin-wisecrack
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img src="http://mikeb704.home.comcast.net/farrell.jpeg" width="116" align="right" height="107" />On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/">PBS's Web site today, ombudsman Michael Getler</a> writes of complaints over an incident during last Sunday's pledge drive. He describes the cheap shot taken by actor Mike Farrell against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin:</p>
<blockquote><p>According to Joseph Campbell, vice president of fundraising programs, here's what happened:</p>
</blockquote></div></div></div>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:33:32 +0000Mike Bates23537 at http://www.newsbusters.orgCNN's Blitzer: 'I Don't Remember' Biden's Law School Plagiarismhttp://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-bates/2008/09/18/cnns-blitzer-i-dont-remember-bidens-law-school-plagiarism
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0809/18/sitroom.04.html">The Situation Room today</a>, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer made a surprising admission to, of all people, real estate entrepreneur Donald Trump:<br /></p></div></div></div>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:55:24 +0000Mike Bates23508 at http://www.newsbusters.orgCNN's Chetry: 'Please Tell Me It's Not Lipstick Again'http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mike-bates/2008/09/10/cnns-chetry-please-tell-me-its-not-lipstick-again
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> <img src="http://mikeb704.home.comcast.net/chetry.jpeg" align="right" />On <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0809/10/ltm.03.html">CNN's American Morning</a> today, White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux reported on Barack Obama's campaigning in Virginia. Afterwards, anchor Kiran Chetry had a question:</p>
<blockquote><p>CHETRY: All right. And Suzanne, what's on tap for the campaign today? And please tell me it's not lipstick again.</p>
<p>MALVEAUX: Let's hope not. He's going to be in Norfolk, Virginia. That is in southeast Virginia, and it's home to the world's largest Naval base. It's one of the most competitive areas that the Democrats and Republicans are fighting over. It's a critical piece of property, piece of land there with folks in Virginia, and they want those voters.</p></blockquote>
</div></div></div>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:40:18 +0000Mike Bates23278 at http://www.newsbusters.orgCramer Calls WSJ the ‘Fox Street Journal’; Refers to Democratic Party as ‘Bolsheviks’http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/paul-detrick/2008/09/08/cramer-calls-wsj-fox-street-journal-refers-democratic-party
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On MSNBC's "Morning Joe" September 8, Jim Cramer took a shot at owner of The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch, in the midst of talking about the <a href="http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080908130856.aspx">Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac</a> takeover:</p>
<blockquote><p>I read The Wall Street Journal, sorry, The Fox Street Journal. When is Murdoch going to put his positive right wing implant on left wing journalists? ... When is Murdoch going to broom the Spartacus workers union?</p>
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<p>As for Fannie and Freddie, Cramer told the hosts of the September 8 broadcast that "We had a laissez-faire attitude. Now we are going to have the greatest bureaucracy in history created by Republicans. I'm an agent of change," Cramer said sarcastically.</p>
<p>Later in the segment, Cramer joked that the Democratic Party were "Bolsheviks" quipping, "There. How's that for biased media?"</p>
</div></div></div>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:08:29 +0000Paul Detrick23200 at http://www.newsbusters.org